ETSI TS 103 881 V1.1.1 (2024-01)

Environmental Engineering (EE); Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy

DTS/EE-EEPS55

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• Technical Committee: EE EEPS - EE Eco Environmental Product Standards
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 10-Jan-2024
• Completion Date: 15-Jan-2024

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Environmental Engineering (EE);
Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities
to achieve a circular economy
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Reference
DTS/EE-EEPS55
Keywords
environmental impact, LCA, sustainability
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
Executive summary . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 Conventions . 15
5 Description and scope of the digital product passport . 15
6 Circular digital products . 16
6.0 General . 16
6.1 Objectives for a circular economy . 17
6.2 Lifecycle stages . 17
6.3 Challenges in the electronics life cycles . 18
6.4 Digitalising the information about ICT product' life cycles . 18
6.5 Desirable properties of product information. 20
6.6 Definition of the product . 23
6.6.0 General . 23
6.6.1 Classes of products (verticals) . 24
6.6.2 Customization and change . 24
6.6.3 Relevant details to sustainability . 24
7 Guidance for implementation . 25
7.0 General . 25
7.1 DPP architecture considerations . 26
Annex A (informative): Related work, standards and data sources about environmental
sustainability . 27
A.1 Related work . 27
A.2 Standards and data sources related to sustainability . 27
Annex B (informative): A simple estimate of the volume of data and transactions . 31
History . 32

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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Executive summary
The present document provides an overview of global and common opportunities to represent sustainability, mainly
environmental-related, details about digital technology products, either collective ICT product models, batches or
individual ICT product items. These product details are intended to be represented in digital format instead of
paper-based. The details can represent design-related information, products at the time of manufacturing, including
relevant information for product transparency and a potential for a circular lifecycle, such as details related to the origin
of materials composition, design, manufacturing, energy consumption, maintenance, repair, preparation for reuse, final
recycling, and may include links to related documentation. Product details can include or relate to details that change
over the lifespan of a product as a result of reconfiguration events, including repair, upgrade, usage, sale, and final
recycling. The details should exclude any personal or business-sensitive information.
NOTE: Human health can be considered part of environmental concerns. From now, just mentioned as
environmental.
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The present document provides an overview of sustainability opportunities, environmental related, about
product-related digital information common to all ICT products, with global scope for harmonization, i.e. relevant to
any region, that can support the development of the circular economy of ICT products. The product-related digital
information can be represented under digital technology, such as product identifiers, data formats, linked data, and
system architectures. It relates to and can complement regional and global standards.
Introduction
The 2005 World Summit on Social Development [i.1] identified sustainable development goals with three pillars:
economic development, social development, and environmental protection. The economic pillar has to do with trade.
The social pillar has to do with people: workers, users and other people and collectives affected. The environmental
pillar has to do with the challenges of consuming materials to produce products and energy to power them, their use, the
production of e-waste, and any indicators related to positive and negative effects on people and nature.
In the context of sustainability, the Agenda 2030 [i.2] defines a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and
the planet, now and into the future. It defines the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for social, economic, and
ecologically sustainable development [i.3].
There are well-defined targets for the climate crisis. The IPCC defines the different trajectories, specifically compliance
to the 1,5 °C objectives described by the IPCC Special Report on 1,5 °C [i.4]. To meet this goal, the world should cut
emissions down to net zero by 2050.
ITU defined the Connect 2030 Agenda with Goal 3 on Sustainability, where ITU recognizes the need to manage
emerging risks, challenges and opportunities from the rapid growth of ICT. There are several initiatives to speed up
reductions in environmental impact like SDG 2030 (UNEP), Race to Zero (COP26), NetZero, and science-based
targets. Data is needed for implementing all that.
The Aarhus convention [i.5] and the related Escazu agreement [i.6] recognize environmental rights related to access to
environmental information and the need for mechanisms to render these rights effective.
ICT products (e-equipment such as routers, switches, consumer products like smartphones, etc.) have environmental,
social, and economic impacts at each stage in their life cycle, starting from the supply chain, including the reverse
supply chain, ending as e-waste at end-of-life. It has to do with energy, natural resource consumption, and emissions of
various kinds, to name a few.
Currently, more than 6 billion new ICT products are sold annually worldwide. There are estimates of 1,5 billion ®
smartphones [i.7] in 2021, 126 million desktop computers, 659 million laptops, and 513 million Wi-Fi routers
produced every year (2021). These numbers are expected to grow over the next five to ten years with new "smart"
technologies see Recommendation ITU-T L.1024 [i.8].
As a result of the growing production and sales, e-waste is one of the fastest growing waste stream, most of it discarded
in the municipal waste stream, leading to a loss of secondary resources [i.9] valued at US$ 57 billion in 2019 (more than
the gross domestic product of many countries) Additionally, e-waste is often shipped illegally to developing countries
[i.10].
The contribution of ICT in terms of electricity use is a significant factor: by 2030, ICTs could use a larger share of
global electricity and globally released GHG emissions as reported in [i.11]. Clean sources of energy and locality can
nevertheless help reduce GHG emissions see [i.12].
However, for some ICT products, upstream activities of raw material acquisition, transport and production contribute
most to the environmental impact [i.13].
In contrast, ICTs can enable vast efficiencies in social and economic life through digital solutions that can improve
energy efficiency, inventory management, and reduction of travel and transportation impacts (e.g. telework and
videoconferencing, substituting physical products with digital information). This capacity is referred to as second-order
or enablement effects.
Recommendation ITU-T L.1470 [i.14] defines GHG emissions trajectories for the ICT sector as compatible with the
UNFCCC Paris Agreement. Therefore, the digital world is part of the problem and may be part of the solution.
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The Circular Economy (CE), and the term circularity, is about "designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and
materials in use, and regenerating natural systems" [i.15]. In the context of ICT products, circularity aims to achieve
the best use of ICT products with maximal lifespan, which helps decarbonize the environment. A circular approach in
the electronics industry is widely accepted as the required transformation to move away from a linear "take-make-
waste" model of production and consumption [i.16].
With environmental sustainability and circularity focus on the DPP for ICT products, the present document presents:
• The description of the scope of the Digital Product Passport (DPP) in clause 5.
• The description of DPP opportunities.
• The definition of the required ICT product types to consider in DPPs.
• The definition of required principles and properties of digital product information in DPPs, all in clause 6.
• The feasibility of implementing these opportunities in a global DPP system is discussed in clause 7.
The present document provides a basis for other DPP standards about detailed information models for ICT products,
specific ICT product categories, as well as regional and global DPP standards.
The present document was developed jointly by ETSI TC EE and ITU-T Study Group 5. It is published respectively by
ITU and ETSI as Recommendation ITU-T L1070 [i.17] and ETSI TS 103 881 (the present document), which are
technically-equivalent.
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1 Scope
The present defines a "digital product passport" for ICT products to be represented in digital format, including an
overview of the opportunities and benefits to include information relevant to sustainability, mainly environmental
related, focusing on circularity and transparency.
The present document does not intend to define which items should be filled out for all or different product families in
their "digital product passport", nor define the targets, limits, or specific requirements a product has to meet.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
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information and communication technology goods, networks and services".
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information and communication technology products and their environmental impact".
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metals in information and communication technology goods".
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[i.52] Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy. (2019): "A new circular vision for electronics -
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the environmental impact of information and communication technologies".
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[i.74] United Nations, Globally Harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS),
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3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
accountability: equivalent to answerability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving, with the obligation to
inform about (past or future) actions and decisions, to justify them
NOTE: Adapted from [i.18] and [i.19].
authenticity: ability of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user
centralization: data, function, process, system where a single entity, or a small group, has exclusive control or
responsibility for it
circular economy: An economy closing the loop between different life cycles through design and corporate
actions/practices that enable recycling and reuse in order to use raw materials, goods and waste in a more efficient way
as defined in Recommendation ITU-T L.1604 [i.80].
NOTE 1: The circular economy concept distinguishes between technical and biological cycles, the circular
economy is a continuous, positive development cycle. It preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes
resource yields, and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows, while
reducing waste streams.
NOTE 2: Definition adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1022 [i.31] and Recommendation ITU-T
L.1020 [i.81].
NOTE 3: The definition is based on [i.15] and amended.
circularity: designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems
NOTE: As defined in [i.15].
collective product: product batch or product model with common characteristics for multiple product items
component: hardware constituent of a product that cannot be taken apart without destruction or impairment of its
intended use
NOTE 1: See ETSI EN 303 808 [i.21].
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NOTE 2: A populated printed circuit board may be considered a component and/or apart from the perspective of
the present document.
decentralization: data, function, process, system that is not centralized, controlled by a single or few entities
digitalisation: use of digital technologies and data as well as interconnection that results in new or changes to existing
activities
NOTE: As defined in [i.22].
digital product passport: structured collection of product-specific data conveyed through a unique identifier
NOTE: Definition based on European Commission documents [i.23].
Digital Product Passport (DPP) provision: process and responsibility of collecting, creating, maintaining, validating,
supplementing, storing and delivering data from source(s) to targets, which includes the provision of a service and
managing the data related to it
Digital Product Passport (DPP) supplier: any product operator responsible for provisioning (supplying) the
associated data that is included or linked in a DPP
NOTE: Product operator can be a manufacturer, refurbishment service provider, or importer who introduces the
product into the market, whereas an external third-party DPP service provider is not considered as a DPP
supplier as they are not primarily responsible for the product details contained in the DPP.
economic operator: manufacturer, authorized representative, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider, or any
legal person with legal responsibility concerning manufacture
NOTE: Adapted and modified from [i.24].
e-waste: electrical or electronic equipment that is waste, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables
that are part of the equipment at the time the equipment becomes waste
NOTE: The terms e-waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are used interchangeably
[i.25].
extended producer responsibility: policy principle to promote total life cycle environmental improvements of product
systems by extending the responsibility of the manufacturers of the product to various parts of the entire life cycle of the
product, and especially to the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product
NOTE: As defined in [i.26].
Global Digital Sustainable Product Passport (GDSPP): subset of a digital product passport, global in regional scope,
focused on environmental sustainability aspects
ICT goods: tangible goods deriving from or making use of technologies devoted to or concerned with: the acquisition,
storage, manipulation (including transformation), management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange,
transmission or reception of a diversity of data; the development and use of the hardware, software, and procedures
associated with this delivery; and the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons,
places, and machines, noting that the meaning assigned to the data is preserved during these operations [i.27] or [i.28]
NOTE: ETSI ES 203 199 [i.27] use the word "equipment" instead.
ID tag: physical object which stores one or more identifiers and optionally application data such as name, title, price,
address, etc.
NOTE: As defined in [i.29].
identity: ability of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity
individual product: product item
information accessibility: ability to access and benefit from information to the widest range of actors and situations
information composability: ability to combine and assemble self-contained and stateless information components, as
with structured linked data
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information confidentiality: set of rules or a promise to limits access or places restrictions on certain types of
information
information privacy: relationship between the collection and dissemination of data
information transparency: clarity about relevant details, needed for a decision or an assessment
information verifiability: ability to review, inspect, audit, test to establish, document, confirm the veracity of an
assertion
integrity: maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency
NOTE: As defined in [i.30].
intermediate product: product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or
assembling to make it suitable for end-users
NOTE: As defined in [i.23].
linear economy: cradle-to-grave; the 'take-make-waste' model; that is, extracting, manufacturing, using, and wasting
NOTE: As defined in [i.31].
modular product: product that, in a container product, includes module(s) (component products) that can easily be
replaced or added
product: any physical good that is placed on the market or put into service
NOTE 1: As defined in [i.23].
NOTE 2: ICT goods are ICT products.
product batch: subset of a specific model composed of all products produced in a specific manufacturing plant at a
specific moment in time
NOTE: As defined in [i.32].
product item: single unit of a model
NOTE: As defined in [i.32].
product model: version of a product of which all units share the same technical characteristics and the same model
identifier
NOTE: As defined in [i.32].
product operator: any actor that can transform and supply modified products and therefore can supply the information
a Digital Product Passport (DPP) conveys about them, as a result of manufacture or other operations
NOTE: These other operations could be: packaging, configuration, maintenance, repair, upgrade, refurbishment,
remanufacturing, or recycling.
refurbishment: industrial process which produces a product from used products without any changes influencing
safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE: New and/or used parts can be used during refurbishment. The definition is based on ETSI
EN 303 808 [i.21] and amended.
remanufacturing: industrial process which produces a product from used products or used parts where at least one
change is made which influences the safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE: The product created by the remanufacturing process may be considered a new product when placing on
the market. The definition is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.21] and amended.
repair: process of returning a faulty product to a condition where it can fulfil its intended use
NOTE: As defined in [i.31].
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risk: combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm limited to human health or
safety of persons, to property or to the environment
NOTE: As defined in [i.24].
servitization: The process of creating value by adding services to products. In more detail the offering in terms of
"goods or services" through "goods and services" to the marketing of bundles of "goods + services + support +
knowledge + self-service" [i.8]
NOTE: See [i.65] for a definition as "The transformational processes whereby a company shifts from a
product-centric to a service-centric business model and logic.
supply chain due diligence: obligations of the economic or product operator which places a product on the market
concerning its management system, risk management, third-party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of
information to identify and address actual and potential risks linked to the sourcing, processing and trading of the raw
materials required for product manufacturing
NOTE: Based and adapted from [i.24].
sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs
NOTE: As defined in [i.33].
tag-based identification: process of specifically identifying a physical or logical object from other physical or logical
objects by using identifiers stored on an ID tag
NOTE: As defined in [i.29].
traceability ISO 9000: ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration
NOTE: As defined in [i.34].
tracing: ability to follow the supply chain upward and determine the source of a product
NOTE: As defined in [i.35].
tracking: ability of keeping track of the flows of products transporting from upstream to downstream in a supply chain
NOTE: As defined in [i.35].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ADR International carriage of Dangerous goods by Road
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
DGS Delivery and Global Solutions
DPP Digital Product Passport
ECHA European Chemicals Agency
NOTE: ECHA: Candidate list: https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table, Authorization list:
https://echa.europa.eu/authorization-list.
EEC European Economic Community
e-equipment electrical and electronic equipment
EoLT End-of-Life Treatment
EPR Extended Producer Responsibility
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EPREL European Product Registry for Energy Labelling
NOTE: EPREL.
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
e-waste electrical and electronic waste
FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
GDSPP Global Digital Sustainable Product Passport
GHS Globally Harmonized System
HMIS Hazardous Materials Identification System
HS Harmonized System
IATA International Air Transport Association
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ID Identifier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISO International Organization
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